Countercurrent fixed-bed gasification of biomass at laboratory scale

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2571-2581

  Di Blasi, Colomba D ^a   Signorelli, Gabriella ^a   Portoricco, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHEMICAL REACTORS; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEN; METHANE; STEAM;

COUNTERCURRENT REACTOR; FIXED BED REACTOR;

GASIFICATION;

FUEL; HYDROCARBON; NITROGEN;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; ASH; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; COUNTERCURRENT SYSTEM; DESICCATION; EFFLUENT; HEATING; OXIDATION; PYROLYSIS;

EID: 0032794107     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie980753i     Document Type: Article

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